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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings word that the relieving force has arrived?

2. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?

3. What was the other name the dead lieutenant was known by?

4. What was the noise Miriam heard when she returned to the Collector's bedside?

5. What did Fleury buy from one of the artillery women for ten pounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to the Collector's leather goods and clothing and notepaper?

2. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

3. What is the seeming snow from the sky which causes confusion to the enemy and allows the men to reload their cannons?

4. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

5. When Fleury visits the Collector he thinks he has cholera but what does Dr. McNab say the Collector has?

6. What does Lucy begin to do to cheer herself up?

7. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

8. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

9. What does each person carry with him or her during the cholera epidemic?

10. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What are the two options presented in the novel concerning the distribution of food and rations . Which do you think is the better option?

2) How do Hari and how do the Magistrate attempt to prove the validity of phrenology. Whom do they choose to use in their experiments and

why?

3) How does Hari change during his confinement in the tiger house? Do you think it was moral to keep him there?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the author's use of symbolism using the rose in the Collector's lapel an the animals taking shelter from the heat as examples. What do they symbolise?

2) Describe how Harry helps the men with their military procedures. What does he teach them.

3) Describe examples of animals and nature the Padre uses to exemplify God's grand design. Do you find some of these a bit comical?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the behavior of the residents during the cholera epidemic. What do they carry around with them at all times? Which of the doctors

seem to inspire more confidence in them? Why?

2) Describe the differing opinions of Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab as to the cause of cholera?

3) Describe the different treatments Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab use in the treatment of cholera.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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